A short one.....

6:59 am - Monday - April 8th - Bishop, CA - 32° F, humidity 60%, wind 7 mph out of the northwest......crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 64° F.  On this date in 2014 TLE and I visited the world famous Antelope Canyon (slot canyon) near Page, AZ.....

.....the view this morning....

I never get tired of this view

 Overnighting in Rest Areas is a crap shoot.  We've had good experiences, and bad experiences, mostly with semi trucks running either their engines, or refers for hours on end.  Our overnight at COSO Station Rest Area was the best of the best....so quiet, and we slept so well.  I always want to say we 'slept like babies', but babies don't really sleep that well, do they?  Anyway, we awoke to sort of cloudy conditions Sunday morning, which gradually cleared as the morning wore on.

We were only going to drive the rest of the way to Bishop, CA (98 miles) on Sunday so getting out on the road early was not needed.  Besides, we awoke to temps in the 30's Sunday, and we needed to use the block heater to start the big Detroit Diesel 6v92.  Around 8:30 am I pulled out our Honda 2000 generator/inverter to power the coach so we could turn on the block heater for about an hour.  By 9:30 am she turned over and roared to life.  These old series 92 engines don't start easily when the temps get way under 50° F, so a little heat makes them more amenable to starting, and it is easier on the engine to boot.

We were on our way and merging onto US-395 northbound shortly thereafter, and the views, as always, were  wonderful....

.....TLE took a short video catching me in the act↗ of singing along to a Bachman Turner Overdrive song.  As we passed by Owens Lake we could see it was still just as full as it was last year when we passed.  Until last winter this was a dry lake bed, and had been so for most of my life....

....with about 32 miles left on our drive to Bishop we stopped at another Rest Area to take a break.  I cleaned the windshield, and took another picture of the eastern Sierras....

....we arrived at the Tri-County Fairgrounds in Bishop around noon time, quickly found a spot, plugged into electrical for the first time in a week, deployed the Winegard satellite dish, then the Starlink, and settled into our recliners to enjoy the afternoon, watched a little golf, and the final of the NCAA women's March Madness.....  

....around 3 pm we walked over to Eric Schat's Bakkery (4.5 stars on over 2,500 reviews) for a Hot Pastrami sandwich, and a couple of cups of Joe...

Both pictures courtesy of Yelp

....their Hot Pastrami sandwiches are quite large, so we split one alfresco.  If you are ever in Bishop, or Mammoth Lakes for that matter, you must stop and check them out!  The air temp was only in the high 50's at 3 pm, so jackets and pants were required for the 1 mile round trip walk.

We spent the evening watching the finals of Tournament of Champions (a cooking show), and were in bed by 10 pm.  Monday we'll cover just 156 miles, but we'll be climbing over passes and summits all day long before arriving in Minden, NV early afternoon, where we'll spend a couple of days shopping (COSTCO and TJ's), and visiting with friends before continuing to LPG&RVR on Wednesday, where it is still winter, and the forecast shows rain and snow for opening weekend....lol!

Thanks for stopping by!